Well, you have already made the decision on a tattoo design and you have endured the pain of the session. Now you need to make sure that you do everything that you possibly can in order to care for your brand new tattoo. After all, proper care can help prolong the beauty of your new tattoo and keep it looking wonderful for years to come. With all of the money that you spent to get it done, the least you can do for yourself is make sure that you do your absolute best to care for it and protect it during the healing process.

Tattoos are created by injecting ink through into the skin. Tattoo artists accomplish this by using an electric powered tattoo gun that almost sounds like the drill a dentist uses. The tattoo gun has a needle that moves up and down, putting the ink into the skin around 2,000 times a minute. The needle in the gun punctures the skin and deposits a small drop of ink with each puncture.